Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (149 commits)
  block: make sure that REQ_* types are seen even with CONFIG_BLOCK=n
  xen-blkfront: fix missing out label
  blkdev: fix blkdev_issue_zeroout return value
  block: update request stacking methods to support discards
  block: fix missing export of blk_types.h
  writeback: fix bad _bh spinlock nesting
  drbd: revert "delay probes", feature is being re-implemented differently
  drbd: Initialize all members of sync_conf to their defaults [Bugz 315]
  drbd: Disable delay probes for the upcomming release
  writeback: cleanup bdi_register
  writeback: add new tracepoints
  writeback: remove unnecessary init_timer call
  writeback: optimize periodic bdi thread wakeups
  writeback: prevent unnecessary bdi threads wakeups
  writeback: move bdi threads exiting logic to the forker thread
  writeback: restructure bdi forker loop a little
  writeback: move last_active to bdi
  writeback: do not remove bdi from bdi_list
  writeback: simplify bdi code a little
  writeback: do not lose wake-ups in bdi threads
  ...

Fixed up pretty trivial conflicts in drivers/block/virtio_blk.c and
drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c as per Jens.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index e9aec0d099d..7628219e538 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -45,22 +45,21 @@ enum bdi_stat_item {
 #define BDI_STAT_BATCH (8*(1+ilog2(nr_cpu_ids)))
 
 struct bdi_writeback {
-	struct list_head list;			/* hangs off the bdi */
-
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;		/* our parent bdi */
+	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;	/* our parent bdi */
 	unsigned int nr;
 
-	unsigned long last_old_flush;		/* last old data flush */
+	unsigned long last_old_flush;	/* last old data flush */
+	unsigned long last_active;	/* last time bdi thread was active */
 
-	struct task_struct	*task;		/* writeback task */
-	struct list_head	b_dirty;	/* dirty inodes */
-	struct list_head	b_io;		/* parked for writeback */
-	struct list_head	b_more_io;	/* parked for more writeback */
+	struct task_struct *task;	/* writeback thread */
+	struct timer_list wakeup_timer; /* used for delayed bdi thread wakeup */
+	struct list_head b_dirty;	/* dirty inodes */
+	struct list_head b_io;		/* parked for writeback */
+	struct list_head b_more_io;	/* parked for more writeback */
 };
 
 struct backing_dev_info {
 	struct list_head bdi_list;
-	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
 	unsigned long ra_pages;	/* max readahead in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units */
 	unsigned long state;	/* Always use atomic bitops on this */
 	unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
@@ -80,8 +79,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
 	unsigned int max_ratio, max_prop_frac;
 
 	struct bdi_writeback wb;  /* default writeback info for this bdi */
-	spinlock_t wb_lock;	  /* protects update side of wb_list */
-	struct list_head wb_list; /* the flusher threads hanging off this bdi */
+	spinlock_t wb_lock;	  /* protects work_list */
 
 	struct list_head work_list;
 
@@ -105,9 +103,10 @@ void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 int bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *, unsigned int);
 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages);
 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
-int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
+int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data);
 int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void);
+void bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 
 extern spinlock_t bdi_lock;
 extern struct list_head bdi_list;